Rethinking Modernity Analysis of Epistemological Change in Socio-Cultural

By Dileep H B

Methodological Slumber/Self-forgetfulness

Generally, the studies about Kerala's pasts are oblivious

of the self-image generated through the modernizing

period (which subsequently fashioned the socio political

present). While looking back, one is quite often looking

back as a 'modern' subject into a past that attempted to

envisage and create this notion of 'modern'. The

prominent methodology have always been to look at the

past from/through this self-image and narrate the story

by saying that there was 'renaissance', there was 'reform'

etc without problematising the very assumptions about

modernity underlying such story telling. Udaya Kumar

captures this perceptively:

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805455001
• ISBN13: 9781805455004
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Amirparacha
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"